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Pediatric Prosthetics and Orthotics. Part of the Prosthetics & Orthotics series of the Reflex PM&R Board Review podcast. Audio correction: In the audio: the femur is the one exception — the femur does not develop clinically significant terminal bony overgrowth, so a transfemoral diaphyseal amputation is acceptable — Correct: The femur is not an exception. Terminal bony overgrowth affects, in decreasing order of frequency, the humerus, fibula, tibia, and femur. Disarticulation remains preferred over transosseous amputation in the growing skeleton at every level, femur included. The written chapter is correct. The full companion chapter and a linked board-style Q-bank set for this topic are at https://www.reflexpmr.com/read/PO-12-a.